| Geodia gibberosa | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Astrophorida |
| Family: | Geodiidae |
| Genus: | Geodia |
| Species: | G. gibberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 |
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Geodia gibberosa (White Encrusting Sponge)[1] is a Caribbean sea sponge. It is known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.[2]
The Geodia gibberosa is a large, dirty-white, dense sponge. It is usually in the form of a knobby, fist-like mass, often up to 50 cm in diameter. It may also occur as a spherical mass without projections and is also known to form large colonies that resemble rounded calcareous rocks.[3]